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‘Mr. Trash Wheel’ Gobbles Up 15 Tons of Trash Every Day From Harbors – And More Cities Are Adopting

For years, the ambiguous yet contented face of Mr. Trash Wheel has been an icon of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The googly-eyed trash collector has been...

94-Year-old Gets Medal of Honor 70 Years After Heroism, Making Him One of the Most Decorated Soldiers in US History

Seventy years ago, on a frozen hilltop deep in what is now North Korea, a young First Lieutenant acted with bravery that earned him...

Video Captures Hero Cop Running to Lift Overturned Car Single-handedly to Save Woman

A Virginia cop has been praised as a hero after a video was released showing him single-handedly pull a crashed car off a woman...

Software Exec Walks 12 Miles Every Day in D.C. to Pick Up Trash During Pandemic

Billy Adams has found a lockdown ritual that not only benefits his health, but the mental health and beauty surrounding others in his beloved...

Fun Facts and Strange Customs to Celebrate the Vernal Equinox

As the vernal equinox heralds the first day of spring, all across the world, unique phenomena can be seen on this day alone. For thousands...

She Came to the US to Study With Only $300 in Her Pocket — Now She’s a NASA Director For the Mars Rover

For a little girl growing up in Colombia in the 1980s, a science career with NASA may have seemed about as likely as setting...

The First Farmer in the US to Sequester Carbon for Cash in Private Marketplace Earns $115,000 For His Planting Strategy

Scientists, farmers, the USDA, and governments, are rallying around an idea that will see tons of carbon pulled out of the atmosphere and put...

There Are 300 Million Potentially Habitable Planets in the Milky Way, NASA Reports

Since astronomers confirmed the presence of planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets, humanity has wondered how many could harbor life. Now, we're one...

These African Nations Used Satellite Monitoring to Cut Deforestation by 18 Percent

Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to...

Americans Living in These States Are the Best at Saving Money – And They’re Saving For Different Things in 2020

New Yorkers are the most savings-conscious compared to any other state, according to a new poll of 5,000 Americans from all 50 states. Interestingly, the...

Nice Or Naughty? The Best (And Worst) Companies During This Pandemic

GNN polled readers on our Facebook page to find out which companies have excelled during the pandemic of 2020, and which ones didn't live...

NASA Uses Supercomputers and AI to Count Earth’s Trees From Space for the First Time

To get a sense of how much carbon the Earth can store, and how it changes over time, scientists would need to count a...

Obama Agrees to Prank a Fan By Showing Up on Her Zoom Call–and the Results Are Hysterical

When the Jimmy Kimmel Live! staff writers heard about a woman in Maryland who’s one of Barack Obama’s biggest fans, they realized the time...

7-Year-old Boy Who Was Bullied Opens a Huge Food Pantry, Making His Life All About Positive Energy

If living well is the best revenge, then Cavanaugh Bell may just be having the best life ever. After facing bullying at school, rather than...

Scientists Create Transparent Wood Nearly as Clear as Glass to Make Stronger, Better Insulating Windows

3.5 percent of the energy used in the United States goes right out the window—wasted because of inefficient glass panes in winter and summer....

If You or Someone You Know is Facing Eviction, Here’s Some Good News –And Where to Find Help in U.S.

Millions of Americans are being impacted by the economic downturn this year, with many even facing eviction. To ease the strain, the Trump Administration issued...

This Blind Mom Got To ‘See’ Her Adorable Unborn Baby Thanks to a 3D-Printed Ultrasound

A blind mom was able to 'see' her unborn baby—thanks to a 3D-printed ultrasound. Taylor Ellis was born with glaucoma and has very little vision....

NASA Finally Unlocks Mystery of Aurora ‘Pearl Necklaces’ and How They Form On Earth And Elsewhere

They never had the computing power to figure it out before. But now, a NASA mission has unlocked some answers around the phenomenon of...

41 States Have Reduced Their Carbon Emissions While Growing Their Economies

Reducing carbon emissions while increasing GDP is not only possible, but is already happening in almost every state in America, according to a new report.
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After Years of Waking at 4am to Haul Trash, Student is Accepted into Harvard—And His Reaction is Pure Joy

Watch the moment a sanitation worker named Rehan Staton found out he was accepted into Harvard Law School after years of hardship and financial struggle.